On this day in 1928, Steamboat Willie debuted, unleashing mischievous character/globe conquering corporate mascot Mickey Mouse onto the world and freezing the notion of copyright for almost a century. Though he had technically first appeared in Plane Crazy earlier that … Continue reading Mickey Mouse’s Birthday Day Thread
It’s November 17th, and you know what that means! It’s LIFE DAY! Forty years ago today, the Star Wars Holiday Special aired on CBS for its one and only exposure to the public, never to be seen again through official … Continue reading Life Day Thread
One of my favorite rides at Epcot is Living with the Land. It’s Epcot’s ‘behind the scenes’ attraction (in a class with Rafiki’s Planet Watch, which showed actual veterinary work done on the Animal Kingdom animals, and the Backlot Tour, … Continue reading Living with the Land Day Thread
(This is a take on a classic campfire tale taught to me by my dad. For best effect, imagine I have turned off all the lights and am delivering it in a spooky voice.) Once, there was a dark, dark … Continue reading The Day Thread of the Dark, Dark Universe
Last time I made a thread about one of my family’s cats, it was a big hit, so for October here’s a look at our spoOOookiest kitty, the 100% black-furred old lady of the house, Hermione. She is shown here … Continue reading The Night Thread of Hermione’s Venerability
My #3 attraction in all of Walt Disney World is the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. When the park opened as Disney’s MGM Studios in 1989, it had only two rides: the Backlot Tour, and the … Continue reading The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Day Thread
The Tragic Treasury by the Gothic Archies (one of several pseudonymous bands that are actually just 99% Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields) was the first album I purchased and consumed on my own terms, in sixth grade in 2006. … Continue reading Day Thread of the Tragic Treasury
WELCOME, FOOLISH MORTALS, to the Haunted Night Thread. I am your host, your ghost host. Kindly step all the way in please, and make room for everyone. There’s no turning back now. Our tour begins here in this gallery, where you see paintings … Continue reading The Haunted Night Thread
Here is something that I can say authoritatively as a person who has ridden every single attraction at Walt Disney World over the course of the last ten months: The Haunted Mansion is the best, you guys. The idea of … Continue reading The Haunted Mansion Day Thread
“Werewolf Bar Mitzvah” appears in a six-second cutaway in 30 Rock episode 2×02 “Jack Gets in the Game”. While the show itself features only two lines, an entire three-minute version of the song was written and recorded – with the vocals supplied … Continue reading Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Night Thread
“They’re coming to get you, Barbra!” 50 years ago today, on October 1st, 1968, George A Romero’s seminal horror classic Night of the Living Dead became patient zero for the modern zombie genre. Made with unknown actors and on a shoestring … Continue reading NIGHT of the Living THREAD
Minnie (short for Minerva) showed up in our front lawn about two and a half years ago as a tiny kitten not much larger than my foot. After getting her fixed and inoculated at the vet, we took her into … Continue reading The Day Thread of Minnie’s Bonelessness
The Box is locked. The lights are on. It’s ROBOT-FIGHTIN’ TIME! The robot combat event/TV show known as BattleBots started its life in the midst of legal wreckage, when a deal to make a US spinoff of the UK series Robot … Continue reading The BattleBots Day Thread
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Crazy Rich Asians The Meg Mile 22 Mission: Impossible – Fallout Alpha Crazy Rich Asians became the latest minority-led film to ‘over-perform’ (at this point we should probably instead frame it as … Continue reading Box Office: August 17-19
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): The Meg Mission: Impossible – Fallout Christopher Robin Slender Man BlacKkKlansman Turns out the people still love shark movies, as The Meg beat expectations to collect $40M this weekend. With an outsize-for-August budget of … Continue reading Box Office: August 10-12, 2018
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to discuss the twisty-turny two and a half hour marathon that is the sixth Mission: Impossible movie. Could you keep track of all the double crosses? Should the franchise retire ‘motorcycles’ … Continue reading Mission: Impossible – Fallout Spoil Sports
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Incredibles 2 Ocean’s 8 Tag Solo: A Star Wars Story Deadpool 2 With $182.6M, Incredibles 2 exceeded all expectations, opening not like a long-awaited animated sequel (cf. previous animated opening weekend champ … Continue reading Box Office: June 15-17, 2018
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo): Ocean’s 8 Solo: A Star Wars Story Deadpool 2 Hereditary Avengers: Infinity War With $41.5M, Ocean’s 8 made a little bit more this weekend than each of its main characters do, which … Continue reading Box Office: June 8 – 10, 2018
ACTION SCENES Danger has stalked your characters, and now it’s ready to pounce. A hurricane bears down on their damaged boat. The loan shark’s enforcers knock down the apartment door. A Sumerian god of death has taken his true form … Continue reading The Process: Action Scenes
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